Author : Bethany Tudor
Publisher : Philomel
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Bethany Tudor relates the story of her mother's life through a smooth-flowingnarrative, old and contemporary photographs and samples of the artist's work.96 pp.
Author : James F. O'Gorman
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
DRAWING TOWARD HOME: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England, edited by James F. O'Gorman, showcases a variety of drawings of domestic buildings that range in date from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and depict an array of building types estates, modest single--family houses, summer cottages and even a typical Boston multi--family dwelling known as a three--decker.
Author : Tommy Hilfiger
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780847826612
Complemented by two hundred full-color photographs, a dramatic portrait of New England captures the essential flavor and style of the region in a study of the symbols, art, architecture, decorative arts, and other unique elements of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut.
Author : Edward Winslow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 1557094438
One of America's earliest books and one of the most important early Pilgrim tracts to come from American colonies. This book helped persuade others to come join those who already came to Plymouth.
Author : Alden T. Vaughan
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781555534042
The essays, which were originally published in The New England Quarterly: A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters, consider a wide range of areas in Native American-white relations: from Abenaki territory in northern Maine to Pequot lands in southern Connecticut; from profitable commerce to devastating warfare; from religious persuasion to labor exploitation; from cultural mixing to non-violent resistance; from literary representation to political argumentation. A comprehensive and insightful introduction by the editor places the richly diverse topics and perspectives within the broader context of New England ethnohistory. Most of the authors have added postscripts to their original essays commenting on recent scholarship and interpretations.
Author : Ted Reinstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0762795387
Looking to buy some medieval armour? In the mood for an orchestra of typewriters? Perhaps you’d like to sift through handcrafted cashmere scarves while chatting up Indiana Jones’ lovely co-star? Know where to find America’s oldest baseball diamond, New England’s smallest town, or Grover Cleveland’s impossibly-young (and spitting-image) grandson (think about it)? New England Notebook offers the answers to these questions and more in a blend of the region’s most singular and noteworthy nuggets of history, people, and culture. This is a collection of colorful facts, stories and anecdotes, plus a savvy selection of unusual eats, goods, services and events. Whether it’s finding a little-known museum of Titanic memorabilia, an underwater escape artist, or the smallest bar, both casual readers and dedicated lovers of all things New England will share a hearty—and humorous—sense of, “Who knew?” Written by a native New Englander and WCVB on-air reporter, New England Notebook goes beyond the merely curious, though it offers plenty of intriguing tidbits, unusual museums, fascinating characters, and many pieces of trivia and little-known facts.
Author : Charles Fergus
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Trees
ISBN : 9780762737956
A beautifully written natural history of the more than seventy tree species that grow in New England. Includes detailed illustrations and range maps.
Author : Douglas L. Winiarski
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 49,57 MB
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1469628279
This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Margaret Ellen Newell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0801456479
In Brethren by Nature, Margaret Ellen Newell reveals a little-known aspect of American history: English colonists in New England enslaved thousands of Indians. Massachusetts became the first English colony to legalize slavery in 1641, and the colonists' desire for slaves shaped the major New England Indian wars, including the Pequot War of 1637, King Philip's War of 1675–76, and the northeastern Wabanaki conflicts of 1676–1749. When the wartime conquest of Indians ceased, New Englanders turned to the courts to get control of their labor, or imported Indians from Florida and the Carolinas, or simply claimed free Indians as slaves.Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers, and court records, Newell recovers the slaves' own stories and shows how they influenced New England society in crucial ways. Indians lived in English homes, raised English children, and manned colonial armies, farms, and fleets, exposing their captors to Native religion, foods, and technology. Some achieved freedom and power in this new colonial culture, but others experienced violence, surveillance, and family separations. Newell also explains how slavery linked the fate of Africans and Indians. The trade in Indian captives connected New England to Caribbean and Atlantic slave economies. Indians labored on sugar plantations in Jamaica, tended fields in the Azores, and rowed English naval galleys in Tangier. Indian slaves outnumbered Africans within New England before 1700, but the balance soon shifted. Fearful of the growing African population, local governments stripped Indian and African servants and slaves of legal rights and personal freedoms. Nevertheless, because Indians remained a significant part of the slave population, the New England colonies did not adopt all of the rigid racial laws typical of slave societies in Virginia and Barbados. Newell finds that second- and third-generation Indian slaves fought their enslavement and claimed citizenship in cases that had implications for all enslaved peoples in eighteenth-century America.
